Garden plow and cultivator.



No; 648,3I5. Patented Apr. 24, 1900.

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GARDEN PLOW AND CULTIVATOB.

(Application fllod In. 2, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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wxik UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES M. VANDIVORT, OF SALEM, MISSOURI.

GARDE N PLOW AND CULTIVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 648,315, dated April 24, 1900.

Application filed March 2,1900. Serial in. 7,059. (No model.)

v To all whom it. may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES M. VANDIVORT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Salem, in the county of Dent and State of Misssouri, have invented a new and useful Garden Plow and Cultivator, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improved wheeled cultivator-plow especially'adapted for manual propulsion and operation for gardenpurposes.

The object of my invention is to providea light, cheap, simple, strong, and efficient wheeled cultivating plow provided with means whereby the plow may be adjusted to operate at any required depth and at any desired angle and whereby the plow may be readily turned at the end of a row and reversed or turned bottom side up and trundled as a barrow from one point to another.

My invention consists in a garden plow or cultivator having a centrally-pivoted supporting-frame, with supporting-wheels at the front and rear ends thereof, a plow-stand.

'ard and handles attached to the front section of said frame, and means to secure the pivoted sections of the frame at any desired adj ustment of the same.

Myinvention further consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out i the claims. i I

In the accompanying drawings, Figure '1 is a side elevation of a hand wheeled garden plow or cultivator embodying my improvements, showing the same adjusted so as to cause the shovel or tongue to operate deeply in the earth. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same, showing the plow adjusted in another position. Fig. 3 is a top plan view, partly in section, on the line 00 ocof Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view on the line y y of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is asimilar view on the line .2 z of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a detail view of the crossbar for the handles. Fig. 7 is a detail view of the plow shovel or tongue.

The plow-beam 1,which is of suitable length, has the tenon 2 at its rear end, which fits in a mortise 3 in the plow standard or stock 4, the latter being inclined with relation to the plow-beam and further secured thereto by means of an inclined bolt-rod 5, which passes as shown.

through said beam and said plow-standard, as shown.

On the front portion of the plow-beam, on opposite sides thereof, are a pair of bars 6, which project forward beyond the front end of the beam, and between which bars, at the.

forward ends thereof, is mounted the front supporting-wheel 7, which is of suitable size,

The beam 1 and the forward-extendingbar 6 comprise the front section of 'the supporting-frame, the rear'section of which is formed of a pair of rearward extending bars 8, which are pivotally connected to the beam, near the rear end of thelatter, by a transversely-disposed clamping-bolt 9, which passes through said barsS and said beam, as shown, said bars bearing on opposite sides of the rear portion of said beam and-on opposite sides of the plow-standard, as shown in Fig. 2. A rear supportingwheel 10, which preferably is of the same size as the front supporting-wheel 7, is mounted between the rear ends of the rearward-extending bars 8, which constitute therear section of the wheeled supporting-frame of the plow or cultivator. A clamp-bolt 11, disposed transversely in rear of the plow-standard and proximate thereto, connects the bars 8, a'nd and in said upward-extending arm is an elongated slot 14, which receives a clamping and adjusting bolt 15, said slot and said bolt adapting said shovel or tongue to be vertically adjusted and secured on the plowstandard, as may be desired.

A space-block 16 is secured on the rear side of the plowstandard and has a downward-extending arm 17, said space-block and said arm corresponding in width with that of the standard and being disposed between the rearward-extending 8. The space between the front side of the arm 17 and the rear side of the standard is sufficient to clear the clamping-bolt 1 1,' and.s aid block serves to preventthe rear ends of the bars 8 from "being,

clamped, so as to cause undue frictionon the journals of the rear supporting-wheell-O.

The upper end of the plow-standard is provided with a tenon l8,-which fits in a mortise 19 inv the cente'r of a cross-bar 20, which has shouldered tenons or projections 21 at its ends, that fitin corresponding transverse "a openings 22about midway'of' the length of the plow handle-bars 23.. The front ends of said handle-bars bearagainst the outer sides of the forward-extending bars 6 and are se} cured thereon by a clamping-bolt 244-, which passes transversely through said handle-bars,

' said bars 6,a nd t he plow-beam and serves to: clamp the, said bars 6 tothe plow-beam and alsoito secure the fTOHtiendS of the handle: bars; A bolt'25also-serves to secure th'ebarsrequiredadjustment {framehasith reference to the ,ivo'talrand elamp I ol-ts 9 ,17 the saiditog'gl'e to {the*drawings 'thats by depressingtheaplosy ,a t-hand ah e upp ged,the 'i-plow cultiva 'ing shovel ortongue may, be

- ';-.-ra is'e'd from-theg round, solthatthdwrgight'df a the oimp'lementiwill be entirely supp rted by J thelrear wheel; '10, thus adapting thev imple-V ment to bereadily' turned at the endsoii the rows when-in: use; 1 l: J

is a matter oflgreat convenience to persons using cultivating-plows of this class.

described my invention, I"

x Having thus claim-- 1. A wheeled cultivating-plow, comprising the centrally-toggle-jointed supporting-drama having the supporting-wheels at its front and rear ends, the front section of the frame havin g'the standard and handles secured thereto and there'ar'section of the frame'comprising clamp-bars, between which the rear'sup'porting-wheel is mounted, clamping-bolts at the front end of said clamp-bars, said bolts being disposed in front and rear of the plow-standard, and the forward bolt extending through the plow-beam and forming also the pivotal connections between said "front and rear frame-sections, substantiallyas described. 1 2. A wheeled cultivating-plow, comprising the'beam, thesta'ndard secured to the rear I'e'n'd thereof, the handles having the. cross-bar secured to the upper end ofthe standard, the bars bolted to-the sides otthe beam and projectin'gxfrom thefront end thereof, oneIof. the bolts, which secures said, bars to said beam servingalso-to secure the front ends of the handles, the frontsupporting-wheelmounted between said forwardextending, bars, a the to the beam and between which is mounted the-rear supporting wheel, and the clampbolts for said rearwardwxtendi'ng bars, dissaid rearward-ext as'describedf I V, a wheeled cultivating-p10 w, the cenendin'g bars, substantially "su pportiIig-Whe'els ati tsfront' and. rear ends,

' cure t 'ej-sections'. of; the frame when; set at any 'desired -ad j ustlnent', substantially as de- -s"cribed; 3 1 a :1 I;

V A; In a wheeled cultivating-plow,the'combi atjion-of the beamthavingthe forked forward end; the front supporting;- wheel mountedfin said fork, the standard secured to the rearend ofth'e beamandextendingabove the "cured tosaid-upper extensionof the'sta'ndard,

' Witnesses: Louis. D. VANDIVORT,

FRANK MAY.

posed iin front and rearof theplow-standard, ,theforward clampeboltforming the. pivot for tra-llyi ipivot-jointed supportinggframeihaving rearward-extending bars pivota'lly attached ithefstandard and handles-attached f-to the frfont section of saidframe and'm cans to se-' too samegfthe handle-'barsf'having a, cross-'barsev I thefro'nt ends of' said; handle-bars being sey r- Itiw-ill bf ,fnrther i1 nd'erstbod. by reference to; thesdi'awingsr that by inverting my improved.

j wheeled"itcultiyating-plo'w or .turningithe' same upside down the same may be entirely supported upon the :front'wheel thereof vand byfi'neans'of thehandle bars readilytrundled as'a barrowfrom one point to another, which 

